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Introduction to the Islands - St. Vincent and the GrenadinesVisions of ParadiseIsland History and GeographyIsland Activities & Attractions  A Brief HistorySt. Vincent and the Grenadines is an independent state with a stable,democratic government. Formerly part of the British colony of the WindwardIslands from 1871 to 1969, it became aBritish Associated State for 10 years prior to full independence in 1979. The governmental system isbased on the British system. English, with a unique Vincentian / British accent is spokenthroughout the islands.The British era of the islands' history covers only a short period of time.Archaeologists' research name the prehistoric settlements in the Grenadinesas the last intact chronological evidence of South American cultures migrationto the area. Buried in the scrub and soil, the Archaeologists found a greatdiversity of ceramic styles from these migrations.Roughly hewn stone and shell tools and axes made by stone-age men more than7000 years ago are found in the islands. These tools belonged to a group ofhunter-gatherers, the Ciboneys, who explored and lived on the islands eatingfruit and berries, seashells and the pink conch.More than 200 years before Christ, another culture travelling in 50 foot dugoutcanoes arrived in these islands. The Arawaks carried fire-burners, animals andplants. During a 1500 year period the West Indian islands were peaceful, but thepeaceful Arawaks could not survive the invasion of the Caribs who killed the menand carried off the women.The Caribs were fierce fighters and strong swimmers. Captured Arawak womenrefused to speak the Carib language, but eventually the Tupi_Arawakian language diedout along with the beautiful pottery created by these women.In 1498 on his third voyage, Christopher Columbus sighted a new island. Hairoun,the Indian name for the island, "was a land blessed with rainbows, mist, fertilevalleys and sun." Columbus named the island "St. Vincent" after theSpanish saint. But, the Caribs were a formidable force and the reefs of theGrenadines so treacherous that the Spanish avoided them altogether. In 1595, SirWalter Raleigh visited St. Vincent briefly and came away with the impression thatthe island was inhabited by cannibals and savages. It was not for nearly 200 yearsthat any Europeans were able to settle on the islands. The Caribs of St. Vincent,living in the densely forested, mountainous interior were able to resist Europeansettlement longer than any other island in the Caribbean.The Caribs of St. Vincent were joined by Caribs fleeing the Europeans on otherislands, and also by runaway African slaves and slaves who survived shipwrecks in thearea. News of the free men on St. Vincent spread throughout the islands. By 1676,30% of the population of St. Vincent consisted of former slaves. Women were scarceand the African men were fierce competition for the Caribs. A new mix of formerslave and Carib was called the "Black Carib" and quickly began to outnumberthe original inhabitants, the "Yellow Caribs". |
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